Prescriptions for Strengthening Body Resistance and Relieving Exterior Syndrome
Xiao Xu Ming Tang
Name
The Prescription of Xiao Xu Ming Tang
Source
The book Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang
Ingredients
Ma Huang 3 g,Fang Ji 3 g,Ren Shen 3 g,Huang Qin 3 g,Gui Xin 3 g,Gan Cao 3 g,Shao Yao 3 g,Chuan Xiong 3 g,Xing Ren 3 g,Fu Zi 2 g,Fang Feng 45 g,Sheng Jiang 15 g.Explanation
Ma Huang: Facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi to relieve asthma.
Xing Ren: Discending the lung-Qi, assisting Ma Huang in removing heat from the lung to relieve asthma.
Fu Zi: Restoring yang, and aiding Ma Huang and Gan Cao in relieving exterior.
Fang Feng: Dispelling wind and releasing exterior, expelling wind-damp, alleviating pain.
Ren Shen: Tonifying qi.
Gan Cao: Tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
Sheng Jiang: Regulating the stomach and descending the adverse flow of Qi.
Rou Gui: Promoting Functional activity of the Qi of the lower-Jiao.
Fang Ji: expelling wind and removing dampness.
Huang Qin: Clearing heat and removing toxicity.
Chuan Xiong and Shao Yao: Tonifying blood and activating blood.
The Effect of Xiao Xu Ming Tang
Effect
Dispel wind and strengthen the body resistance, warm meridians and dredge collaterals.
Indications
Apoplexy, facial paralysis, aphasia with stiff tongue.
Administrations
Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken three times a day.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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